The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-04-21
NEW HOPE CHURCH.
The Fight Of HaEcu's Brigade, and Something
About {" Nillirh's Buglgs."

EDITOR NATToNAL TRIBUNE: ] sec a good
deal about the battle Of New Hope Church. In
the issue OF Jan. - s. d. Racpcr, Go. A, Ilst
Ohio, SAYS he was wounded there on May p,
and iu the same letter says be participated M
the charge made by he Second Brigade, Third
Division. Fourth Corps MS described by Com
ra8e NCAlJboR, Of Cleveland, which charge
was on May -. Comnle Racper could not
have been very severely wounded on the 2'ih
az New Hope Church f hc WAS able 20 partlCl-
pate boz charge 40 Burnt Hickory on the 18th.
] approhul "a deal Of the misunderstanding
arises from q confusion Of names given 10 en-
CagcwcHts. lu looking over records j hnd no
Jess illu i3ur nam applied 20 the engagement
ul May - N,W l.Opc Church. PIckctts Mills,
Dallas aud Bart Hickory The latter name
] think is used in "Gbio I'm the War and
am inclined 10 the opinion that il Is correct Tor
the hstt.o OF May -, and New Hope church
lur May % il the matter is viewed lu ihls
light j think there need be no controversy be-
tween the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps, for
ana positive the Fourteenth Corps had no part
in the movement So well described by tOmrade
MeHahuu. However mast beg leave 10 diff
fer with him about the dates. lie very accu-
ratey described tho movement Of the 9th OF
May, but gave the date as May %, stating,
however, that he relied upon memory Tor dates
] rely upon my diary, written al the time, not
only for dates, but for other important partlcu-
lars. ] was there as member OF Co ID, lSt
Ohio, and our position was on the right OF the
front line in the desperate assault on the rebel
line of works. My brother was very severely
wounded in that charge, and my bunk-mate
was left on the field, shot through both Thighs,
and has not since been heard from.
After we had fallen back, under cover OF
darkness, Gen. HaZeu, our brigade commander,
was instructed by Gen. Wood, who commanded
the division, TO place his brigade in Ger ain
position; 10 which Gen. llazcn replied IN
broken tones:
General, i hare no brigade. have nothing
but a squad"
The second Brigade lost IS men, which was
more than we lost al amy other battie in SO short
a time
cannot leave this subject without speaking
Of "Nlllich's bugles" In the FIRST place, let
me say that when we started ouS on that move
mont which We all supposed, from appearances,
10 bo an effort 10 turn the enemy right Hank,
we of Hazcns Brigade were ordered to be
very quio:; no loud talking was allowed. 1t
may be imagined how cxasperated many of us
became over the footing OF those internal
buglos, when we could not help realizing that
az every " t0ot " lives were being sacrificed for
the rebels needed nothing more 10 guide them,
and informed them as TO what was up. Indeed
ii was reported among Us later that some OF
Clebunes men who were captured subsequently
said that they were detached and moved TO
/ the right guided by "Willch's buglos."
see Comradc Mueller, Of the 33d Ind, takes
exception 10 what Comrade Bird, Of the 35th
4 Ill, says about those same bugieS. but i'm all he
says there is not given a single reason why
those busles should not have been kept silent
OF that day. He says " Ilazen's Brigade was
in the advance, Bcatty's following and theirs
/ in the rear so there was but little occasion for
bugle calls in The brigade" True; then why
were they used?-M. j.. DE LAND Co. ID, Isl
! Ohio Akron, o.